Legal Opinion
Porous Media Corporation v. Midland Brake, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 20, 2000No. 99-2141PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Midland Brake, Inc. (“Midland”) appeals a* jury verdict awarding $4,830,105 in damages- to Porous Media Corporation (“Porous”) for breach of contract. 1 We affirm the breach of contract verdict and reverse in part the award of damages.
I. Background
Porous manufactures filters and filter products. Before being purchased by another company in 1998, Midland manufactured air-brake systems used by large trucks. In 1991, Midland wanted Porous to help develop a new air dryer for its brake system — the Pure Air Plus (“PAP”) system. Midland and Porous agreed that Porous would design…
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